Why are GMOs Bad For Us?

with Zen Honeycutt

We’re told that GMOs can help feed the world and that they are perfectly safe to eat. And yet there is growing evidence that GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) are damaging our health. Zen Honeycutt, the head of Moms Across America and the author of “Unstoppable,” joins us today to help us understand what GMOs are and what they’re doing to us. She gives us a short history of where GMOs came from and she explains their relationship to chronic illnesses and health problems (like cancer, autism, auto-immune conditions, and more). But she doesn’t leave us there. She challenges us to take our health into our hands and to become advocates to lighten our toxic burden–making our families, communities, and the world a healthier place!

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Highlights of the conversation include:

exactly what GMOs are and how they’re affecting your family
the story of Samantha, the women who marched alone in the fight against GMOs
why activism doesn’t have to be aggressive
why moms need to speak up
how to utilize community events to make a difference
the resources you need to help your community
the toxic burden on our bodies
how GMO consumption correlates with rates of cancer, autism, allergies, infertility, autoimmune disorders and more
the science behind the anti-GMO movement
the short history of GMOs & how it was driven by chemical companies’ desire to make more money
why GMOs are not “safe to eat” despite their claims
how industry-funded studies and manipulation of data skews true science
why independent science is important
why GMOs are not going to save the world
how simple, yet important, an organic diet really is
how to fight back against the divisiveness of food wars among health communities